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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM BLOOMBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,793, dated May 15,1888. v

' Application filed Oetoberfw, 1887. Serial No. 253.680. (No model.)

To It whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM BLOOMBERG, of the city, county,.and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Clasp, of

which the following is a full, clear, and eXactf description.

My invention relates to an improvement in clasps for holdingSuspender-ends without stitching and for uniting them tothesuspenderbuckle.

The invention consists of the peculiar form of the blank employed inconstructing the main jaw of the clasp, as hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthisspecification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view -of my new and improved clasp. Fig. 2shows the blank for forming one jaw of the clasp, and Fig. 3 illustratesthe use of the clasp.

The improved clasp is composed of the two jaws A and B and the clasp O,for holding the suspender-ends D D. The jaw B is formed with a hook, b,to engage with a ring, E, and the same jaw is pivoted to the side piecesa a in a common manner. The jawA is,by preference, of the cast-off type,and is formed 0*"0f a blank of the shape shown in Fig.2. This blank isstamped from sheet metal and is shaped to form the main central piece,0, the two short side pieces d d, notched at d d, and the fan-shapedpiece f, having diagonal side pieces f. The outer edges of the pieces ffare. notched to form teeth 1". The diagonal side pieces f are bent alongthe dotted lines, Fig. 2, to the position shown in. Fig. 1, and theteeth f are bent inward, as shown in said figure.

In use the Suspender-ends D' are placed in the clasp O and the sidepieces f bent down and struck,which causes the'teeth f to penetrate theends'and hold them very firmly. In this manner I avoid the heart shapedleather usually stitched to the upper ends of the suspender-ends, andalso avoid the use of the usual ring, the hook I) serving to attach theSuspender-ends directly to the buckle-ring.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

v The blank for forming the jawA of a clasp formed with the main centerpiece, a, side pieces d, fan-shaped piece f, side pieces f, and teeth fsubstantially as described.

WILLIAM BLOUMBERG. Witnesses:

H. A. WEST, G. SEDGWIOK.

